Friday, October 24, 2008

Thin after Thin

Ah, the miracles of modern medicine. Went to bed around 1 last night, and for the first time in a week I wasn't awakened by a fit of coughing and wheezing. (I was awakened by "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead" around 8, but that's a whole different story.) And I haven't even started my antibiotic cycle yet! By this time next week, I expect to feel like a new man. I'm hoping for LeBron James. Or maybe Dennis Farina in Midnight Run.

Anyway, I don't have much for you today. To tell you the truth, I've spent more time reading about Mike Aitken's condition than I have scouring the interwebs for new products. I've been meaning to post something on the new Hoffman 32-spoke wheels actually, but it's gonna have to wait.

(Something else I've been thinking about, though—with bars getting wider and wider and headtubes getting steeper and steeper, isn't steering getting quicker and quicker? One of those Rich Hirsch Subrosas with Max Gaertig's signature bars must be twitchier than Robin Williams on a coke binge.)

In closing, couldn't Attila have found a better model? I mean, I thought the whole lightweight trend was just for the bikes:


Enjoy the weekend.

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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    Meh, I like skinny girls.

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  2. bkOctober 24, 2008 at 6:09 PM

    that girl = atilla rider ricky feather's lady.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 6:20 PM

    Don't get too shitty on the Hoffman 32s, Russ.

    Back in the day, on 24-spoke 1 3/8" drilled rims, we old farts rode harder than 90% of streetz yo web video kids nowadays do. You remember.

    And they're Generators. They'll be fine.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 6:50 PM

    profile's been doing 28 spoke fronts.

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  5. JoshOctober 24, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    I think I got V.D. just looking at that girl.

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  6. RussOctober 24, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    Eddie Fiola rode 1 3/8" rims because he was smoother than greased owl poop™ and only rode vert. I question whether...well, I'll ask those questions later.

    Sorry, Ricky. I still like your Feva Squad frame!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 7:41 PM

    Steering I think would be staying the same would it not? The narrower the bars, the quicker the steering. Grab your local crossbar and check it out!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    They stopped making the front in 14mm too :_(

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  9. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    I'm glad her boobs aren't plastic.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 12:59 AM

    S&M Please Kill Me credits...maybe? I think? Im going to go watch that video now.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 7:15 AM

    If you think a front 32 hole wheel might work for you I'm pretty sure it will.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    http://www.progets.com/simpsons/pics/the%20comic%20book%20guy%20pondering.gif

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  13. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 4:30 PM

    thats not rickys missus!

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  14. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM

    What's with the CBG posts? It may or may not have been remotely close to chuckle-worthy the very first time, but now...

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  15. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM

    Anon 5:44pm: James??

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  16. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 12:28 PM

    The narrower the bars the twitchier they will be. Wide bars need to be moved more than smaller bars for the same turning angle.

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  17. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 12:55 PM

    ^^ Yes, but with less force since your lever is longer.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 at 6:14 AM

    I'm Ian Morris and I've been arrested for drunk disordely twice, hit someone in my car whilst being drunk and went to court, I dye my hair brown because people tease me, and yeah, I've got a drink problem.

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  19. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 at 7:25 AM

    Attila must be doing something right if you didn't rip there new products to shreds, instead taking a swipe at Feva's missus!

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  20. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 at 12:23 PM

    lol 4:13, you were way to easy to pick.

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